Drakestown Forgotten is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards., Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
How it works : Drakestown Forgotten
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Drakestown Forgotten enters the battlefield from a graveyard, it counts itself when determining the value of X.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ashnod's Altar + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Repeat.
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#2
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Altar of Dementia + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Carrion Feeder + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Viscera Seer + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#5
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Repeat.
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#6
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bloodthrone Vampire + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Bloodthrone Vampire by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Bloodthrone Vampire ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#7
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bloodflow Connoisseur + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Bloodflow Connoisseur by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Bloodflow Connoisseur ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Woe Strider + Drakestown Forgotten
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Drakestown Forgotten.
- 2When Drakestown Forgotten dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
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